Gigabyte GA-990FXA-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110831
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 75.7 1-Core 54 2-Core 102 49% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 252 27% 216 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4); asus rog CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 174 64% 117 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 169 Splatting 120 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso 128GB 128GB 1,805 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1120A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 923 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 84 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 173646 (A5) Unknown 100 100 186 (A6) Unknown 100 100 135 (A7) Unknown 100 100 166 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1713 (F1) Unknown 100 100 382115 (F2) Unknown 100 100 106532 (F5) Unknown 100 100 546721	50.2% Above average	Read 355 Write 267 Mixed 303 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 2.21 63% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 95.3 DQ Mixed 2.29 18% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 96%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 7GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10936 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 138 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 46 231928234015 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5442127899 (F7) Unknown 100 100 170262409 (F8) Unknown 100 100 219920966	49.3% Average	Read 275 Write 237 Mixed 268 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 14.5 72% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 16.2 23% 40 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 317GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 86963 (C2) HDA temperature 122 90 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 63.5 Write 76.7 Mixed 21 39% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 108GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2965 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6414 (C2) HDA temperature 115 86 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	42.6% Average	Read 76.5 Write 71.6 Mixed 28.9 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-D3

CPU
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	11x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	10x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	8x

GPU
HD 7950AMD $290Bench 29%, 33,820 samples	4x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	4x
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
GOODRAM 120GBBench 68%, 5,433 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16